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Every crowd has a silver lining.
Every crowd has a silver lining.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.
The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
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The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher!
To be deceived in your true heart's desire
Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
And sting the luckless foot that presses them?
There are who in the path of social life
Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,
And sting the soul.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
